Northern Pike
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The one Sipahi which RoP-rapes us takes CdB from its garrison of a single warrior, the attraction presumably being the city's iron. Another 23 Sipahis pour over our border with France (the Ottomans having an RoP agreement) in the Santander region, and they should be able to able to take 3-5 of our cities...but none of them attack. 
I can only assume that their prime directive in this situation is to bolster the garrison of CdB.
One Sipahi also approaches Warwick in the west, and an Ottoman inf moves next to Chartres.
The Iroquois honour their MPP with the Ottomans by declaring war on us, apparently because the galleon which was going to pick up our workers after their abortive mission to hook up the Ottoman rubber is still in Ottoman waters That's foul luck.
CdlLuna completes its factory, giving me the opportunity for a scroll-ahead draft. That is, I use the arrows to go to other cities, change their builds to cavalry, and (in most cases) cash-rush the cav units. Some of the cities turn out to come before CdlL in priority, but from those which come after we get an instant army of fourteen cavalry.
850 (10): Our new cav force's first assignment is to re-take CdB from the single Sipahi holding it, and this is achieved without loss. We loot 190 gold from the Ottomans' coffers, turning a profit of 140 on the exchange.
We then turn on the 23 Sipahis in the Rouen-Lugo-Santander triangle with cav, knights, and a few slow units, and destroy all of them for the loss of eight cav units (most of them unfortunately regulars, in the circumstances), two MDI, and a knight.
In regard of casualties the RNG isn't kind, but our first elite victory, by a knight, produces the GL Bartolome. He immediately rushes Hoover in Pamplona. Our very next elite victory, though it comes thirteen dead Sipahis later, produces the GL Columbus, also from a knight attack.
I draft riflemen out of Brighton and Vitoria--not something I often do, but it's a sensible use of totally corrupt cites over size six.
We're going to have to give Joanie a stern lecture about her RoP with Osman, so I establish an embassy with the French (66 gold). Paris is at 54 spt with a factory, is about to complete the Intelligence Agency, and has a garrison of six infantry.
There are various issues we have to consider before we even think about pressing Enter. Please see below.
I can only assume that their prime directive in this situation is to bolster the garrison of CdB.One Sipahi also approaches Warwick in the west, and an Ottoman inf moves next to Chartres.
The Iroquois honour their MPP with the Ottomans by declaring war on us, apparently because the galleon which was going to pick up our workers after their abortive mission to hook up the Ottoman rubber is still in Ottoman waters That's foul luck.
CdlLuna completes its factory, giving me the opportunity for a scroll-ahead draft. That is, I use the arrows to go to other cities, change their builds to cavalry, and (in most cases) cash-rush the cav units. Some of the cities turn out to come before CdlL in priority, but from those which come after we get an instant army of fourteen cavalry.
850 (10): Our new cav force's first assignment is to re-take CdB from the single Sipahi holding it, and this is achieved without loss. We loot 190 gold from the Ottomans' coffers, turning a profit of 140 on the exchange.
We then turn on the 23 Sipahis in the Rouen-Lugo-Santander triangle with cav, knights, and a few slow units, and destroy all of them for the loss of eight cav units (most of them unfortunately regulars, in the circumstances), two MDI, and a knight.
In regard of casualties the RNG isn't kind, but our first elite victory, by a knight, produces the GL Bartolome. He immediately rushes Hoover in Pamplona. Our very next elite victory, though it comes thirteen dead Sipahis later, produces the GL Columbus, also from a knight attack.
I draft riflemen out of Brighton and Vitoria--not something I often do, but it's a sensible use of totally corrupt cites over size six.
We're going to have to give Joanie a stern lecture about her RoP with Osman, so I establish an embassy with the French (66 gold). Paris is at 54 spt with a factory, is about to complete the Intelligence Agency, and has a garrison of six infantry.
There are various issues we have to consider before we even think about pressing Enter. Please see below.
We can probably bring the Americans and others into the war in a few turns, if our situation becomes worse than I anticipate.
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